Hindsight is foggy, made opaque by a memory thatís tinted with rose-colored ďspecks.Ē

The specks in our vision prevent
us from seeing the whole picture. The good old days are really good old moments
that are memorable. They stand out because of their specialness but donít
represent the whole.

When we look back, we mainly see
the highlights and attempt to cast their hue on our entire catalog of memories.
That causes our present to seem pale by comparison.

Your life situation may have
changed since then but your access to your life force is the same as it has
always been.

The raw material that makes lifeís
memorable moments is just as available to you now as it was then. Itís the life
force that we all have access to that can build new moments that are worth
remembering. We just have to remember that we have it.

Take a moment right now to confirm
your life force. Just notice the sensations going on in your hands. Before I suggested
your attention go there, you may have been unaware of that life force in your
hands. Itís in every part of your body. Itís there all the time waiting to be
channeled into making more memories worth looking back on.

What keeps us from channeling
this life force into what we do is ignoring the moment we are in. When we look
forward or look back, we lose touch with the force that makes things happen
now.

Letís pretend you are having a
phone conversation with someone but thinking the whole time that you have
something more important to do. The person on the other end is not getting the
benefit of your attention nor are you tuned into whatís going on right now.
This prevents your life force from entering the conversation as you ignore it
while mentally escaping to an imagined future. Want to access your life force
in this situation? Be in the conversation or end it.

Your life force can only be
accessed now. You canít tap into it in the past or in the future, only now.

Be aware of your life force and
let it infuse everything you do by staying present to whatís going on right
now.

You suck the life force out of
your present by pretending it was more available in the past or that it will be
more abundant in the future.

Notice the memories that stand
out. They were moments you were present for which your life force easily flowed
into.

Quoting Eckhart Tolle, ďYour true evolution is not what you do out
there. Thatís secondary. Your true evolution is to do with the arising of
awareness in you as you go about your life.Ē

Bottom line: Want to make legitimate 20-20 memories? Pay more attention to
the moment youíre in now.